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That's probably an oversight, actually. Hopefully those that are responsible for taking the Square images down become aware of it and remove that one, as well. As for avatars, if DjP doesn't remove them as options from the site then it's likely that they're not causing any problem, so I wouldn't worry about them. I'm not in the know on that, though, so take that with a grain of salt.

Chill Penguin against the Blaze Heatnix... Oh yeah, we both know the penguin is weak against my hot brand of remixing.

Hey there DarkeSword, quick note - on the first page the social group links to the Grand Robot Master Remix Battle group, not the Grand Maverick compo. You might want to fix those links up before getting the battles under way.

Yeah, thanks for that - the timing of an overtime day today and a final exam tomorrow morning makes this slight extension very welcome, from me.

Give it a stab, man - from the stuff I heard from you, you're at just about the right place for the song, production/arrangement-wise.

Kindle makes it's money through it's book sales that it makes through the hardware. Amazon makes a whole lot of money on the book purchases from Kindle, so it's not operating at a loss at all. Inkjet printers follow this model, too - the hardware is sold at a loss, but those damn cartridges make the company large profits. The hardware itself is sold at negative profit, but companies are actually making a killing otherwise. It's a completely different business model that could possibly apply to OUYA. Smaller companies could pull this off, with the right model to follow.

Amazon's "Kindle" is an example of hardware that's sold at a small loss. Not sure of anything else, though.

Haa, well there have been two claims in the past, but they've both fallen through, for various reasons. Go ahead and shoot us what you've got - it's an open track, still, and it's quite awesome.

Ooo, that new one addresses the issues that OA said to have had with it years back. Neat - you should post it in the WIP forums, as they get considerable traffic, too. The more attention the better. I personally think this is a fun remix, for what it is. The source was short, so it was expanded a whole lot to compensate, and it does a very nice job keeping things interesting throughout. It has kind of a 'Celestial Popcorn' feel with that bass... The synth/guitar in there is particularly well done, especially considering when this track came out. The chord is really neat, imo - it just needed to be toned down from time to time, to give room to the other instruments. I like it - I find it's aged pretty well, actually. The new one has a very different feel to it, overall; almost less mystifying. The production values are better, though.

It will stew perfectly in my newest confection!

He's the man with the plan, Disco Dan! Happy birthday to one of the staple artists on this site.

I'd love to join, but Blizzard erased my account. That's why I don't play the game anymore.

They offer positions when they need them, and they'll come to you when the time comes, as according to this link. I personally suggest getting heavily involved in the WIP forums helping people out with their music, getting familiar enough with a variety of genres to give useful feedback on them, continue to post responsibly and be supportive to OCR. That way, when the time comes that they need to expand they'll see you as a prime candidate. That's my personal suggestion - it's pretty much a rewording of what the link says, but perhaps you'll find it helpful, anyway.

December 2012, eh? ... perhaps the predictions for the end of the world at that time aren't so far off...

Piracy opened me up to that series on Off-Topic a few years ago, I've been following it ever since.

Oh my God, after almost two years that mystery is revealed! Nice work, Larry!

Love the mash-up for day 3. Squeenix, for all they've done wrong in the past decade, really did an excellent job on letting Jupiter studios have free reign on TWEWY. If they simply give them free reign once again I could see the next iteration being quite awesome. Not sure if it's possible to best the TWEWY, though - that game is truly a masterpiece - but here's hopin'!

Awesome track... wait, who's birthday is it, man? We're supposed to be showering YOU with gifts! Happy birthday, dude - you may never level past the cap, but you can always make up for it by getting older and gaining experience, instead!

Glad I could help.

Well, first this isn't a simple rhythm, so no matter how you approach it there isn't a clean solution. Second, this is not in 3/4, so trying to line it up in measures like that will lead to fruitless attempts. Get it in either four alternating measures of 5/8 + 6/8 or two measures of 11/8, first, and you'll find it much easier to handle. Here are two solutions that I came up with. The first is cleaner, but it'd be very tough for the score reader to see the beats. The second outlines the beats better, but looks less clean than the first. Pick your poison - it's not a simple beat, so there is no easy answer. EDIT: Derp, a few extra accidentals thrown in there, for color. Ah well, you can understand it, regardless.

Man, what is up with Kuja's theme? So many people have trouble with it... It's a good theme, too.

MOD REVIEW Damn, that's a nice beat, man! Freakin' love it. The constant juxtaposition of triplets and duplets is perfect. I did a short comparison between the two tracks, and I noticed a great deal of production clean-up that went into this version - much less soundscape mess, so excellent work. That synth at 1:48 doesn't quite come in clearly. It's hard to hear it over everything else. You might consider raising it an octave or something so it doesn't blend as much as into the rest of the track. I will mention that this synth makes a small mess of things sonically when it comes in earlier, too - raising it up an octave could fix all of that. Tinker with it; give that synth some more TLC, and it'll be great for your mix. Strangely, I looked at your 7-20 track, first. I got to looking at your latest track, and noticed that it's considerably messier at 1:05 this time around - that detuned synth really creates a mess... again, raising it an octave would do you wonders. You've got too much sound going at once in that area in both tracks, but what surprised me in the newer track is that at 0:38 you get a similar problem (that wasn't an issue in the older track). It's like you added reverb or stereo separation to some of your synths, and it made the sounds blend more this time around. Sharpen your sounds so they don't blend as much in that section - remove some reverb or centralize the sound a bit for the arp synth, or something, to clean up the soundscape in that area. In all honesty, the rest of the track seems up for personal opinion. I found the arrangement to be acceptably varied, it has enough source, the drums sound nice and meaty (if a touch repetitive - not a deal breaker, imo) and it's overall very well produced. This genre kind of needs to be a little bit repetitive, so while it does have a repetitive nature, that's to be expected. Tinker with that synth, clean up the soundscape in the early part of the track and submit this bad boy - I think you'll do just fine on the panel this time around. Loved it, nice work!

Maybe, maybe not - there might be a legal non-disclosure agreement in place, so we may never get all of the details, if that's the case. When it's all said and done, though, I'm sure he'd love to share as many details on it as he can.

Compo floods would help relieve a lot of the mixes in there. Mixes from the various MM compos, the Street Fight compos, the Sonic Compo (when those get into the radar, that is - they're probably not on the panel yet)... A lot of mixes queued are a part of these compos, so floods based on those would be feasible.

That isn't a bad idea, actually. There is some of that involved on this site (that's particularly why albums have a minimum release space of 6-8 weeks), but remember that there are fifteen mixes that are hosted on the front page. The day that rationing mixes is a requirement because they're getting knocked off too quickly (I would be guessing that each mix should be on the front page for a week, at least) would be one hell of a day for OCR. It would be a concern if things were going too fast, but I don't think that's an issue, at the moment.